Anger on other conflicts tends to stay within the contextual bounds of decency
Vladimir Putin’s wrong-headed assault on Ukraine has been grinding on for nearly three and a half years now.
Most people in the West agree the invasion is unacceptable. As such, they resent Putin and, by extension, the Russian armed forces carrying out his orders.
But no matter how angry people might get, they do not march through the streets of Western cities chanting for the deaths of Russian soldiers.
Similarly, we do not hear of groups of Russian tourists being slaughtered by gunmen at foreign holiday resorts.
The same can be said of people’s reactions to other current conflicts, including the slaughter of Christians in Nigeria or the equally egregious atrocities unfolding in the civil war in Sudan.
Guardrails exist – unless it’s about Israel
People are appalled but despite their anger, they don’t resort to murderous public chanting or randomly targeting certain ethnic groups with violence wherever they happen to be in the world.
Those basic patterns of behaviour apply to people’s reaction to every conflict. Unless, of course, we’re talking about Israel and notably its response to the massacre of 1,200 Jews on October 7, 2023.
When it comes to this conflict, a new set of rules apply, fuelled by the world’s oldest hatred that sits deep in the psyche of so many people. When it comes to Israel and Jews, things are very different.
At Bondi Beach, Sydney, over the weekend, a father and son of Islamic faith opened fire on Jews celebrating the first day of Chanukkah at Bondi, killing 15 and injuring many more.
This comes after two Jews were slain at their place of worship in Manchester, UK, in October on the two-year anniversary of the 2023 massacre in Israel by Hamas.
These murders were avoidable
The maddening thing is that this comes as no surprise. For more than two years, Islamists and leftists have been marching in the streets of Western cities chanting “globalise the intifada” and “from the river to the sea, Palestine must be free.”
Many Jewish people have voiced strong concerns over what they instantly recognise as racially motivated calls for the murder of Jews around the world.
Allow this to continue unchecked and we will see killings on our streets, they have warned.
But alas, it has fallen on deaf ears – and now we’re left to count the growing number of inevitable deaths.
This is what a ‘globalise the intifada’ looks like
This is what “globalise the intifada” looks like, folks. It’s been called for, and now it’s happening.
Australia itself has seen many of these vile hate marches. In London, Birmingham, Manchester and other UK cities, we’ve seen the same.
The sorry gaggle of Godless lanyard-sporting leftists we have leading our country have failed to act.
Rather than call out and tackle this obvious evil, the Starmers and Mahmoods say things like “diversity is our strength” and “community cohesion.”
A dishonest conversation is preventing an honest conversation
They kill an honest conversation with a dishonest one, labelling anyone who dares to draw a link between Islamic ideology and antisemitic violence as “far right racists.”
How many more examples do we need? How many more slaughtered Jews will it take? How many more warnings do we need before decisive action is taken to address the single biggest threat to Western civilisation that is hiding in plain sight in our towns and cities?
